'Heaven' Sent

Mitch Albom has died and gone to heaven. This week ”The Five People You Meet in Heaven,” his follow-up to megaselling ”Tuesdays With Morrie,” enjoys an immaculate No. 1 debut. The novel is about Eddie, an old guy who literally dies and goes to heaven, where he receives life lessons anyone can live by.

”Since the living dead first stepped onto the silver screen, their greatest enemy has not been hunters, but critics. Scholars, scientists, even concerned citizens have all argued that these movies depict the living dead in a fantastic, unrealistic fashion…. Further criticism argues that this ‘style over substance’ approach to somnambulist cinema teaches human viewers lessons that may get them killed in a real encounter.” – From the first chapter of Max Brooks’ THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE: COMPLETE PROTECTION FROM THE LIVING DEAD (Three Rivers, $12.95)